Which of the following is not a demonstrative pronoun?

Which of the following is not a demonstrative pronoun?

• A. This
• B. Those
• C. Who
• D. These

Answer: (C)

Demonstrative pronouns point to specific nouns and indicate distance or closeness: this and these refer to things near, while that and those refer to things farther away. The word that doesn’t fit this pointing role is who. It’s an interrogative pronoun used to ask about a person, not to indicate or replace a noun with a pointer. For example, you can say “This is mine,” “These are apples,” or “Those were fun times” to show which items you mean, but you wouldn’t use who to replace a noun in that way.

Demonstrative pronouns point to specific nouns and indicate distance or closeness: this and these refer to things near, while that and those refer to things farther away. The word that doesn’t fit this pointing role is who. It’s an interrogative pronoun used to ask about a person, not to indicate or replace a noun with a pointer. For example, you can say “This is mine,” “These are apples,” or “Those were fun times” to show which items you mean, but you wouldn’t use who to replace a noun in that way.